86R5455 SOS-D
By: Middleton H.B. No. 3690
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing counties to adopt a code of ethics for their
commissioners courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 170.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 170.002. CODE OF ETHICS FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT. The
commissioners court of a county may adopt by order a code of ethics
that provides standards of conduct for members of the commissioners
court. If a commissioners court adopts a code of ethics under this
section, the code of ethics must require each member of the
commissioners court to file a conflicts disclosure statement that
is in addition to the statement required by Section 176.003.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.